[Roadster] blank maps & problems importing data

[Barry Gould]

At 06:31 PM 7/23/2005 -0300, Ian McIntosh wrote:
>Barry,
>
>There are still some bugs in the data importing.  I'm hoping to switch
>to an externally developed library for all importing, so I'm hesitant to
>spend too much time fixing things there.  If I remember correctly,
>importing of Massachusetts works perfectly.

Mass. didn't work for me either, but obviously I'm using the wrong Tiger 
data. I'll try the 2004 data from the URL you provided. Thanks!
(might be good to link this from the web site, etc.)


>Also note that the final goal is to import and pack the road database
>ourselves instead of putting users through the slow process.
>
>Correct tiger files are at:
>http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tiger2004fe/tgr2004fe.html
>
>Where did you get the "caution: exlcuded filename not matche: *RTE"
>error?

When importing Nevada, I saw it on the console (STDOUT or STDERR).
I'll try again with the 2004 data, as I need it for DefCon. :)

Thanks,
Barry


>-Ian
>
>On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 16:31 -0700, Barry Gould wrote:
> > Deleted all the databases, and re-loaded Florida... this time it says
> > successful.
> >
> > Still has blank a blank map window though.
> > searching for streets does bring up results, but clicking on them
> > doesn't change the window.
> > ALSO,
> > It always says Lat: 1.000000, Lon: 2.000000 when I click on a street.
> > manually entering a lat/long does work (map is still blank though)
> >
> > Tried the NVidia driver instead of NV also... no change.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Barry
> >
> > At 04:11 PM 7/22/2005, Barry Gould wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >I've got roadster compiled and running on Fedora Core 4...
> > >(using the NV driver, trying NVidia driver next...)
> > >
> > >Florida seems to import OK.
> > >It says "completed with errors", but I don't see any errors mentioned.
> > >
> > >However, the map window is still blank, even if I put in a lat/long
> > >for key west.
> > >
> > >Do I need to install GLITZ?
> > >
> > >When I try to import data for California, it fails after file 057, IIRC.
> > >
> > >Nevada fails ALL files, saying
> > >caution: exlcuded filename not matche: *RTT
> > >
> > >I looked at the Tiger ZIP files, there are no RTE or RTT files in
> > >there for Nevada!
> > >
> > >I'm using the 2000 tiger files from:
> > >http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrcd108/tgr108cd.html
> > >
> > >Am I doing something wrong?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Barry
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